Installation

Power On and Initial Setup

Before You Begin

Ensure that the BE6000 server has been rack mounted, connected to a power supply, connected to the data network, and a monitor and keyboard is connected to the server, as described in the Quick Start Guide.

Procedure

Step 1

Verify that the monitor and keyboard are connected to the console port as shown in the figure below.

Step 2

Verify that power is connected and the LED status is as shown in the figure below. Figure 1. Power On, Console Port, and LED Status . The power button LED (2) is orange, and the five LEDs between the console port (1) and power button are green. If not, check the electrical and network connections.

Step 3

Power on the monitor.

Step 4

Push the power button (Figure 1) and verify that the power button LED the disk LED disk drive change to green.

Step 5

Watch the boot process on the monitor.

Step 6

(Optional) Press F8 to enter the CIMC configuration dialog to configure the management interface IP address and then exit.

The Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) is the management interface for the C-Series Servers. CIMC runs within the server, allowing remote administration, configuration, and monitoring of the server via web or SSH command line access.

Step 7

(Optional) If using CIMC for console access, browse to the IP address that you configured, and use the default username admin and password password. The CIMC screen is shown in Figure 2. Navigate the CIMC for various tasks, such as Locater LED, and KVM Console as marked in Figure 3. Figure 2. Cisco Integrated Management Controller

Step 8

Wait until the ESXi loads and displays the configuration screen on the console.

Customize ESXi Host for Remote Access

Follow this procedure to customize the ESXi host (the VMware hypervisor) to enable remote access from your PC using the vSphere client.

Procedure

Step 1

When the hypervisor has booted, the ESXi Direct Console User Interface displays on the monitor as shown in the following figure.Figure 3. Console Screen After ESXi Loads.

Note

For release 10.5(1) and later, you are notified about preinstalled applications.

Step 2

Press F2 to enter the System Customization menu as shown in the following figure.Figure 4. ESXi System Customization Menu. The default username is root and password is password.

Connect your PC to the data network, and verify that you can browse to the ESXi IP address that you configured in the previous step. Verify the web page as shown in the figure below.Figure 6. ESXi Host

Step 6

If not already installed on your PC, download and install the vSphere client. Internet access is required to download the vSphere client.

Access and
Configure ESXi Host

Some Business Edition applications require the services of a valid NTP server. Follow these steps to
access the ESXi host, configure NTP, configure fault tolerance for network
interface cards (NICs) using the NIC teaming feature, view preinstalled applications, and browse the datastore
to verify the preloaded collaboration application software.

Use the login
credentials that you previously configured during ESXi system customization.

Step 3

(optional) The VMware license is not preinstalled, and you
may be presented with a 60 day evaluation license warning. You may also receive this warning if you performed a factory reset to the UCS server. In these cases,
follow these steps to apply the license. You may also verify the license status
using these steps:

The ESXi host
is now ready for deploying virtual machines, which will host individual
collaboration applications. Software for these applications are preloaded on
the datastore of the Business Edition server.

Step 6

Browse the
datastore:

Navigate
to
Configuration > Hardware > Storage.

Click
Datastore to list the datastores in the Business Edition
server.

Select a
datastore, then right-click and select
Browse Datastore as shown in the figure below.

(Optional) Cisco recommends that you archive the OVA-ISO directory because, in the case of merchandise returned for troubleshooting, the new UCS server may have a blank datastore.

What to Do Next

Install virtual
machines.

Preloaded Files on
Datastore

Cisco Business Edition servers are
shipped with selected Collaboration software, license files that are preloaded on the datastore.
Consider the following points for a basic understanding of the preloaded file types:

ISO

An ISO file
is a DVD image containing application install files.

OVA

Open
Virtualization Archive (OVA) is used to package and distribute the virtual machine.

Some OVA
files may include a prepared disk that includes preinstalled software (for example,
cpc-provisioning-9.5.0-245-small.ova ).

Some OVA
files do not have application software preinstalled. In this case, you must
install the software using the ISO file that is provided on datastore (for
example,
cucm_9.1_vmv8_v1.7.ova and associated ISO file
Bootable_UCSInstall_UCOS_9.1.2.10000-28.sgn.iso) .

Note

For preloaded
files in the Export Restricted or Export Unrestricted software, see the
relevant Release Note.

OVAs
are deployed in seconds, and a preinstalled OVA may take 10-15 minutes to
deploy.

The figure below shows the view of vSphere client after deployment of various collaboration
applications virtual machines. You can also see the time that is taken to
deploy the last two virtual machines.

The
example in the figure below is for the High Density (HD) server model, which can host four collaboration applications plus Prime Collaboration Provisioning. The Medium
Density (MD) server model of a Business Edition server can also host four collaboration applications plus Prime Collaboration Provisioning.

Note

In Release 10.5(1) and later, five applications are preinstalled. If you are deploying virtual machines using any of these five applications, you can skip the following procedure.

Do not
install Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Unity Connection
simultaneously, because they use the same ISO image.

You can
install multiple applications concurrently to save time.

In Release 10.5(1) and later, the time it takes to install preinstalled applications is approximately 20 minutes less.

Procedure

Step 1

Contact the
data network administrator and make sure that you collect the network
information that is described in
"Preparation."

Step 2

Plan the
sequence of installing the applications to minimize the time that is required.

Step 3

Using vSphere
client, select an application’s virtual machine. The client changes the panel
name to application name, and adds one more tab named
"Getting
Started". Right click to open the action
menu as shown in the figure below.
Figure 12. Select
an Application VM to Edit Settings, Associate the ISO with the VM, Power On, and Take Any Other Administrative
Action

Using any freeware virtual floppy application, convert the platformconfig.xml file to *.flp image and copy this *.flp image to the Answer File Generator directory in the datastore.

Make sure that the floppy drive settings are changed accordingly to pick up the *.flp file from the datastore.Figure 14. Edit Virtual Machine Settings to Connect Floppy Drive to Read Configuration Settings from FLP File

Step 6

To begin
installation of each application, follow these steps: Installation will
continue automatically for the time listed in Step 2.

Power on
the virtual machine and open the console using the right-click menu shown in Figure
12.

Follow the
interactive installation procedure on console.

Accept the
defaults and provide the information that you collected in Step 1. Installation
is complete and successful when you are able to do a successful login on
console.

For Prime Collaboration,
Installation starts after typing setup for the
"localhost
login:". After that, the installation script asks for network information
and various credentials (passwords for admin, root, globaladmin) information.
Installation continues for 30 minutes.

For a VCS server,
installation starts after using first-time username password as admin and
TANDBERG. Type
y when asked
"Run install
wizard [n]:" and continue with interactive installation.

Note

If you
require detailed installation guidance, see the Installation Guide of the
applications on the Cisco Business Edition 6000 Support Documents website,
listed in
"For More
Information".

What to Do Next

After installing
all required applications, access applications using a web browser and perform
initial setup of some applications.

Examples of Application Installation

If the application is preinstalled and the FLP file is copied in the Answer File Generator directory, as described in previous section, installation will happen automatically without installer intervention

Enterprise License Manager is also deployed as part of this installation.

Step 4

Perform the following steps:

In the Platform Installation Wizard window, select Proceed.

In the Apply Patch window, select No.

In the Basic Install window, select Continue.

Select Timezone in the next window followed by Auto Negotiation for Ethernet connection, and the default size for MTU.

Step 5

Select No for DHCP.

The Static Network Configuration window appears.

Step 6

Enter the hostname, (such as CUCM), IP address, IP mask, and gateway address; then select OK. Select Yes for DNS Client, followed by entering DNS server information in next window.

Step 7

The next two windows prompt you to set up administrative login information and organization information, followed by confirming whether the server is the first node; in most cases, select Yes.

Step 8

In the next windows, select No for network connectivity test, and again provide the hostname, IP address and security password. Finally, provide a valid reachable NTP server.

Step 9

The next two windows prompt you to set a security password and SMTP server information. Finally, application user information is required, followed by the last window Platform Configuration Confirmation. Select OK to continue the installation, which will last for approximately 60 minutes without any user interaction on the console. After you see the login prompt on the console, access the Unified Communications Manager IP address in a web browser.

Install Cisco Video Communications Server

Procedure

Step 1

Power on and open the console of the virtual machine, as illustrated in Figure 12.

Step 2

At the login prompt, enter admin for username and TANDBERG for the password.

Step 3

At the Run Install Wizard prompt, type Y and press Enter.

Step 4

To change password, type Y and press Enter, and at the prompt type the new password and click Enter.

Step 5

The next series of prompts are for network information. Select the IP Protocol (the default is IPv4), provide the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway address. Finally, select the ethernet speed of the LAN (the default is auto).

Step 6

For the Run SSH (Secure shell) daemon, type Y and press Enter.

Step 7

At the Restart Now prompt, type Y and press Enter.

Step 8

After the system reboots, access the Cisco Video Communication Server in a web browser.